"But according to a newly released memo from the CIA, they used horrible torture techniques on prisoners. Dick Cheney claimed that it wasn't torture. Enhanced interrogation techniques, that's what he called it, enhanced interrogation technique. And he didn't shoot that guy in the face. No, no, that was enhanced quail hunting." --David Letterman
 

The-World-Will-Be-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,337

• NATO: 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan

• Pakistan army kills 45 Taliban; border reopens

• U.S. commander: Afghanistan situation serious

• Afghan vote fraud claims mount

• Karzai keeps big lead in new Afghan vote results

• U.S. military ends journalist profiling contract Reuters

• Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush to be released early

VA won't pay benefits to Marine whose injuries came from vaccine

 It wasn't a bullet or roadside bomb that felled Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez three years ago after nine days in Iraq .

It was an injection into his arm before his unit left the states.

The then 20-year-old Marine from Springfield, Mo. , suffered a rare adverse reaction to the smallpox vaccine. While the vaccine isn't mandatory, the military strongly encourages troops to take it.

However, it left Lopez in a coma, unable for a time to breathe on his own and paralyzed for weeks. Now he can walk, but with a limp. He has to wear a urine bag constantly, has short-term memory loss and must swallow 15 pills daily to control leg spasms and other ailments.

And even though his medical problems wouldn't have occurred if he hadn't been deployed, Lopez doesn't qualify for a special government benefit of as much as $100,000 for troops who suffer traumatic injuries.
 

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Disturbing News

• Category 4 hurricane threatens Mexico's west coast AP

• Huge blaze threatens 12,000 LA-area homes; 2 dead

Blackwater Update

When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company then known as Blackwater USA

Klan buys up Glenn Beck ad space. - Grant Gerver www.seriouskidding.com

Republican-Shenanigans News

• McCain Denies Giving O.K. to a CIA Torture Tactic

• Ridge: Talk of terror-alert politics exaggerated

• Palin gets 1,070+ invitations

Bush Daughter Update

NBC's "Today" show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Hager.

The daughter of former President George W. Bush will contribute stories about once a month
 

"Obama family vacationing on Martha's Vineyard and Obama has been mostly relaxing with just a little bit of work. And you know, that sounds like George Bush's entire eight years." --David Letterman
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Kennedy Death Lessens Chances of Broad Health Bill, Hatch Says

"The entire island of Martha's Vineyard has gone Obama crazy. There's even a cocktail that they've named after Barack Obama. It's called the Obamarita. Not to be confused with a cocktail inspired by John McCain, the Cosmopoligrip. And then there was one a couple of years ago inspired by George W. Bush, the Mojidiot. Of course, there was the Bill Clinton Screwdriver." --David Letterman
 

Two great new band names: "Death Panel" & "Pull The Plug On Grandma" - Grant Gerver www.seriouskidding.com

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Let's just call it what it really is: "The United States of Corporate America." - Grant Gerver www.seriouskidding.com

Biz-Tech News

• Oil near $71 as stocks sink, recovery questioned

• European shares fall as China plunges nearly 7 pct AP

• Report: US makes $4 billion from bailout banks

"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been a victim of identity theft. His credit card company became suspicious when they noticed repeated purchases of large, failing American car companies." --Conan O'Brien
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Two Guantanamo inmates freed in Portugal: official AFP

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Politics Today: Cheney vs. Obama CBS News

Medical Update

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